Environmental Health Officer/ Regulatory Services Officer

Service: Development and Infrastructure Services

Closing date: Thursday 28th November 2024

This is an excellent opportunity to work in Argyll and Bute within the Council’s Regulatory Services team in a very challenging yet beautiful part of Scotland. You will undertake the full range of environmental health enforcement, including public health and food safety, and work with the team who deal with many unique challenges including its rural geographical area, large number of private water supplies and a considerable food manufacturing and export market. There will be a requirement to manage your own district workload ensuring that environmental health standards are met and be able to travel across the area to undertake operational work. This is a full time, permanent 35 hours/week post within Dunoon although consideration would be given to the base being Helensburgh.

We will provide you with varied workload in all areas of environmental health, flexible working and hybrid home/office arrangements, a relocation package (where appropriate) and a salary of £40,914 to £44,272. We also pay annual membership to the Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland (REHIS) and encourage Chartered membership of REHIS through continued professional development . For further information on living and working in Argyll and Bute, please access the website abplace2b.scot, and for further information on the work of any EHO, please see this Environmental Health Officer Information Video

Consideration will be given to applications from newly qualified Environmental Health Officers. Prospective applicants who do not hold the REHIS Diploma in Environmental Health should contact REHIS (contact@rehis.com) to confirm their eligibility to work as an EHO in Scotland, or the requirements in order to do so. Guidance can be found at https://rehis.com/what-is-environmental-health/ehos-who-qualified-outside-scotland/. You will service which has a strong culture of “growing our own” and successful supporting staff to attain additional qualifications and promotion within the Council.

Recognising the national shortage of Environmental Health Officers, the post may be filled as a Regulatory Services Officer (Salary £35786 - £39819). We would be interested to receive applications from graduates who are authorised food safety enforcement, officers holding the Higher Certificate in Food Hygiene/Food Control, the Higher Certificate in Food Practice, or those who are working as an environmental health enforcement officer in a local authority. If appointed at the RSO level in additional to undertaking the work of this role, you will be supported to complete a development program to attain the post graduate REHIS Diploma in Environmental Health and to progress to an Environmental Health Officer. You will service which has a strong culture of “growing our own” and successful supporting staff to attain additional qualifications and promotion within the Council.

Applicants should note that:-

• This post is not suitable for job share.

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If you would like clarification on any information contained within the vacancy advert and/or the job description you will require to speak with the recruiting manager, who is:

• Mary Watt, Environmental Health Manager
• Telephone: 01436 658906
• Email: mary.watt@argyll-bute.gov.uk
• Reference: ARB15236/000520

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Please also note that we do not accept CVs, only applications completed and submitted via the Apply Now button on this page.

We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the wider society that we serve. We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and a sense of belonging. To find out more about our commitment to this please visit Equality & Diversity Policy.